Songs of Tagore is divided into two parts. Part One comprises the introduction by Ananda Lal and the translation of Satyajit’s Ray’s essay “Thoughts on Rabindrasangit”. Part Two consists of the Notes on Music Score by Lal and the translations of “The Songs of Rakta-karabi (Red Oleander),” “The Songs of Tapati” and “The Songs of Arup Ratan (Formless Jewel)”.
Many of us have crossed paths with versions of the two types of personalities: those who aim for a certain threshold and are content in their achievement, and those who never stop even after their fortunes have crossed the uncountable.
Rabindranath Tagore created special talas or taals — musical meters or rhythm patterns — to suit the specific poetic meters of his verses
Tagore remains as contemporary in these days of malls and multiplexes as he was he was on the day he became the first Asian to be awarded Nobel prize or when he chose to give up knighthood to mark his protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre
